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  11 April 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary Childhood Day: "We are baptized, we are missionaries" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the National Day of Missionary Childhood (IAM), which in Bolivia will be celebrated on May 5, on the third Sunday of Easter, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) published the materi ...
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  11 April 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The Church in Maiduguri is recovering after the violence in recent years", says the diocesan Director of the PMS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank God for the current situation in Maiduguri that has improved in recent months", says in an interview with Agenzia Fides Fr. Patrick Solomon Zaku, Diocesan Director of the PMS of Maiduguri ...
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  11 April 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interreligious assembly: solidarity with Christians killed in Nigeria Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To condemn the killings and express full solidarity with the Christians in Nigeria: as Agenzia Fides learns the Commission for interreligious dialogue and ecumenism, of the Catholic Bishops' Co ...
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  11 April 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Baez called to Rome for a period, as the first anniversary of the crisis draws near Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank Pope Francis who, after confirming my ministry, has asked me to go to Rome for a period. I carry in my heart the joy, the pains and the hopes of my Nicaraguan people. Thank you all for ...
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  11 April 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The fall of Omar al-Bashir could affect the peace agreement in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The military overthrow of Sudan’s longtime President Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir has raised concerns about whether the upheaval will destabilize neighboring South Sudan’s fragile efforts at peac ...
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  11 April 2019
  ASIA - 50 years of evangelization for Radio Veritas Manila (Agenia Fides) - With the presence of numerous Asian Bishops, the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Radio Veritas takes place in Manila this week, the radio station run by the Catholic Church in Asia, which h ...
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  11 April 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Nearly 900 churches "regularized" by the Egyptian government in less than 3 years Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt the process of "legalization" of Christian places of worship built in the past without the required permits, along with the granting of permits for the construction of new churches contin ...
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  10 April 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Religious today “more contemplative, more humble, more committed to the common good and the rights of individuals” AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Religious today “more contemplative, more humble, more committed to the common good and the rights of individuals” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – “These times of rapid and profound change ...
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  10 April 2019
  ASIA/JORDAN- King Abdallah II: Christians are an “integral part of the tissue of the Arab world" Amman (Agenzia Fides) – "Christians are an “integral part of the tissue of the Arab world ”, and Jordan intends to continue its commitment to safeguarding ecclesiastical properties. This was strongly affirmed b ...
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  ASIA/KOREA - Bishop of Busan appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis has appointed Bishop of the diocese of Busan in Korea, Bishop Joseph Son Sam-seok, until now auxiliary of the same diocese . (SL) (Agenzia Fides 10/4/2019) ...
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  10 April 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians pray for peaceful elections and the good of the nation New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the next general elections which will start 11 April, India's Christians are praying that a peaceful and transparent vote may bring "well-being and harmony" for the future of the ...
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  10 April 2019
  ASIA/THAILAND - “The cycle of time resumes ”: risen with Christ, Christians look to the future Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) – “Easter in Thailand falls at the start of the torrid season of new year (Songkran), the beginning of a new cycle of life, a feast, a feast for the elderly and for families ”: Fides was ...
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  10 April 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops multiply efforts to welcome migrants but the situation is catastrophic Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops in north east Mexico have united to welcome convoys of migrants attempting to enter the country and pass the border with the United States of America. Bishop Alonso Gar ...
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  10 April 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - When assigning funds the " European Union must guarantee respect for freedom and human rights" Asmara (Agenzia Fides) – The Europea Union has a duty to control the use of funds assigned to Eritrea, because the money given by the EU may fund forced labour. This observation comes from the Eritrean Foundation for ...
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  9 April 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Four priorities to elaborate the National Mission Programme Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Missionary formation, mission ad gentes, missionary animation, prophetic social comittment : these four priorities identified by the 36th assembly of the National Mission Council (COMINA), 4 ...